Man wanted for child abuse arrested at Kutztown campground

KUTZTOWN — Police announced the apprehension of a Berks County man wanted for suspected sexual abuse of children on Wednesday.

Brett Correll, 31, of Reading, was allegedly hiding from authorities at the Saucony Campgrounds at 1538 Saucony Road with Julythza Rivera-Rondon, 26, of Fern Avenue in Shillington, police said. The couple had their 5-year-old son with them at that location, police said.

Police say Rivera-Rondon previously told them she didn’t know where Correll was staying and had been informed Correll was wanted on the charges of sexual abuse of children.

She was placed under surveillance by Berks County Detectives’ Child Abuse Unit, who saw her leaving the campground with her son. Police took Rivera-Rondon into custody.

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Detectives, with the help of Fleetwood police and the Berks County Emergency Response Team, then arrested Correll without incident, according to a press release.

Rivera-Rondon was charged with flight to avoid apprehension, hindering apprehension or prosecution and endangering the welfare of children. She was arraigned by video Thursday.

Correll was wanted for his role in a child porn ring that operated in Berks County, according to the Berks County District Attorney’s Office.

Correll is the last of 10 people charged with possessing and distributing child pornography in the county. Police discovered that four of the children in the pornography were residents of Berks and Chester counties.